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Forest Park o cials take part in Illinois Municipal League’s annual Lobby Day

By JESSIC A MORDACQ Staff Reporter

Forest Park of ficials are networking with Illinois le gislators to bring more funding and safety to Forest Park’s public transit, as well as more resources for the village’s first responders.

The last week of April, Mayor Rory Hoskins, Village Administrator Rachell Entler, and Commissioners Michelle Melin-Rogovin and Jessica Voogd traveled to Springfield, Illinois to attend the Illinois Municipal League’s annual Lobby Day. Every year, local leaders across the state meet with lawmakers to discuss priorities for their municipalities, so that gover nment of ficials can weigh in on their behalf during le gislative sessions

This year was the first time Hoskins attended when only 59 senators were in session, and none of the 118 state re pre-

Village Administrator Rachell Entler, Commissioner Michelle Melin-Rogov in, Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, Mayor Rory Hoskins, and Commissioner Jessica Voogd at Harmon’s o ce in Spring eld.

Questions arise over Proviso trustee’s eligibility

Gay Chase purchased home in Florida, but where does she primarily

live?

By AMARIS E. RODRIGUEZ Contributing Reporter

What seems like a simple question to many is proving harder to answer for Proviso Township Trustee Gay Chase The question: where does she live?

Questions re garding Chase’s primary residence be g an circulating after the Coalition for Accountability, a grassroots org anization for med by citizens of Proviso Township who share concer n for their community and are trying to fill news gaps, made a post alle ging that Chase had relocated to Florida.

Chase first became par t of the Proviso Township Board of Trustees by appointment in February 2024 following the passing of Trustee Clarence Thomas Jr. Chase then won her seat

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Can West Suburban reopen?

Doubts about whether all services can be re-established

By JESSIC A MORDACQ Staff Reporter

After West Suburban Medical Center abruptly closed its doors on March 27, local activists star ted making plans to reopen the hospital.

Though Resilience Healthcare CEO Manoj Prasad, who owns West Suburban, said he aims to reopen the hospital by July, that’s contingent on receiving hundreds of millions of dollars-wor th of charges from 120,000 claims that the hospital’s Electronic Medical Record system failed to bill for over the last year. And last month, Rathnaker Reddy Patlola — the landlord of West Suburban through Ramco Holdings and a minority owner of Resilience Healthcare — filed a lawsuit against Resilience Healthcare for breach of contract, over $24 million in unpaid rent, and alle ged misappropriation of a $10 million state loan. Also in April, Prasad filed a motion disputing these claims.

As ownership eng ages in a le g al battle, a group of pital staf f, local activists and residents are making own plan to reopen the hospital this summer after meeting April 6 to establish working groups. And le gislators trying to approve le gislation to prevent sudden closures other hospitals.

“I work a little or a lot on this almost every day Illinois Senate President Don Har mon told Austin W News and Wednesday Jour nal in April.

Though West Suburban in mid-April resumed some primary care services, most of the hospital’s once-reno services remain unavailable

“It is impor tant to clarify that outpatient (ambulatory) services are not equivalent to hospital-based care. They not re place the critical services our community relies including emergency care, inpatient services, ICU-le care, elective surgeries, and essential diagnostic testing,” said Dr Chidinma Osineme president of West Suburba

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medical staf f, in an email to the Weekly and the Jour nal same day the hospital announced some resumed serpril 15. “Limited outpatient activity, if occur ring, not address the broader access and safety concer ns by the hospital closure. We remain focused on adcating for the full restoration of hospital operations under new leadership from the ground up to ensure patients access to comprehensive, timely care.” most of West Suburban remaining closed, some y it will be dif ficult to relaunch necessary services. Paul Luning, chief medical of ficer at PCC Wellness — a Federally Qualified Health Center that West Suburban used to contract services from and which hostdoctors doing their residencies at the hospital — said reopening the hospital will prove to be a challenge. clearly a very dif ficult thing if a hospital closes, it’s just for a week, to get the public’s confidence and hire back all the staf f that left,” Luning said. hospitals that we’ve been par tnered with, or have ware of that have closed, have not reopened.” wish there were more templates,” Har mon said of hospitals that have closed and reopened. “It’s a private business We don’t have the authority nor the tools to wade reopen it ourselves It’s frustrating, but we’re tryfigure out what tools we have at our disposal to encourage a prompt reopening of health care services at that that the patients have access to the health care they need in a safe and secure environment.”

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Solutions through legislation

Before West Suburban announced its closure in March, State Sen. Laura Fine and State Rep. Robyn Gabel proposed legislation that requires hospitals to file plans for potential full or partial closure with the state — including how to transfer patients safely to other facilities, identifying potential service gaps, and a plan for employees.

“I don’t think that West Suburban followed the intent or spirit of the law in announcing the closure in the way that they did. No community should be blindsided by this news of this import. If they had given more concrete notice, there are all sorts of stakeholders who might have had better ideas than an overnight closure,” Harmon said. “I’m just not sure that West Suburban followed the right protocol. My understanding is that they used a notice provision that would apply if you were shutting down one of your departments temporarily. … Not ‘We’re turning off all the lights in the hospital and going home.’”

As state representatives explore ways to prevent another

sudden hospital closure like West Suburban’s, Harmon said that departments that regulate hospitals are also engaged and looking for ways to help

“I’m just not sure the profit motive goes well with a community hospital,” Harmon added.

Examples of bankrupt hospitals

Dr. Theresa Chapple, a public health professional and for mer health director for the Village of Oak Park, helped lead an April 6 meeting to make a community-led plan for how to reopen West Suburban. After nearly 80 people attended, over half signed up for working groups that cover politics, legal background, leadership models, community needs, partnerships, and messaging.

Chapple said such working groups were one of the first things she saw in her preliminary research of other hospitals that closed, then reopened in recent years.

In Massachusetts, the nonprofit Norther n Berkshire Healthcare fully shuttered North Adams Regional Hospital in 2014 after the hospital’s 129 years of operation. When the hospital declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy in

“I’m just not sure the pro t motive goes well with a community hospital.”

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2014, Berkshire Medical Center bought the facility for $3.4 million and $600,000 for the Norther n Berkshire Family Practice.

North Adams Regional Hospital reopened a decade later as a part of Berkshire Health Systems. In 2024, the hospital reopened as a critical access hospital, recognized by the federal gover nment for its necessary role in a rural area since North Adams’ population is about 12,000.

Steward Health Care was once the largest private hospital system in the country, operating over 30 hospitals across multiple states But in May 2024, Steward Health Care filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with over $9 billion in liabilities. While a majority of its hospitals got new management, fresh ownership often took the reins while the hospital they bought remained open.

Though Patlola said in March that he was talking with Insight Hospital & Medical Center about becoming the new owner of West Suburban, Insight bought Mercy Hospital on Chicago’s South Side for $1 while the hospital was still open and had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch talks with students at Forest Park Middle School on April 29.

Chris Welch meets Forest Park 8th-graders

House speaker visits Forest Park Middle School

By HOPE BAKER Contributing Reporter

Chris Welch, speaker of the Illinois House, says he is passionate about inspiring young people in the community that shaped him. Welch, who grew up in Proviso Township, visited Forest Park Middle School to speak with eighth-g rade students on April 29. The visit was one of six stops he made to middle schools throughout Illinois’ 7th cong ressional district that day.

“I think they have to see people like me — success stories from their community — and that will help them aspire to do the same thing,” Welch said.

A g raduate of Proviso West High School, Welch went on to serve on the school board of the District 209 Proviso Township High schools. He led that board

for many years. In 2012 he ran to be state representative from the Proviso area.

He took his seat in the Illinois General Assembly in January 2013. He was elected Speaker of the Illinois House of Re presentatives in 2021, succeeding longtime Speaker Michael Madigan and becoming the first Black lawmaker to serve in the role in Illinois history.

During his talk, Welch discussed le gislative process and his role as Speaker of the House.

He said the Speaker of the House leads the Illinois House of Re presentatives by overseeing le gislative sessions, guiding the passage of bills and helping shape state policy.

“It’s a pretty important job because every single bill that makes it to the gover nor’s desk has my signature on it before

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Emma Goldman, ‘Mother of Anarchy’

Inspired by Haymarket martyrs, she is buried nearby

EBy AMY BINNS-CALVEY Contributing Reporter

mma Goldman 1869-1940

J. Edgar Hoover called her “one of the most dangerous women in America.” She was also known as:

“Red Emma,” “A Moder n Joan of Arc,” “The Mother of Anarchy,” and “The Mother of Non-Monogamy.” Emma Goldman was an anarchist, organizer, agitator, author, and free spirit. She advocated for free speech, free love, free thought, women’s equality, birth control, workers’ rights, free universal education, homosexuality and racial equality.

A life-long anarchist, Goldman was known to be a powerful speaker, described as having a magnetic power and eloquence. Some said that she seemed to be possessed when addressing a crowd, but she was not without humor – in 1934, when asked what she thought of Italy, she said “Beautiful country, minus Mussolini.”

Bor n to orthodox Jewish parents in Russia, Goldman briefly attended school in Germany, later retur ning to her family in St. Petersburg. She worked in a factory where she was sexually assaulted as a teen. In 1885, her father arranged a marriage for Goldman, but she protested, threatening to drown herself. Her parents acquiesced and allowed her to go to America to live with her sister in Rochester, New York Goldman said when she arrived in the U.S., she cast off the old world “like a well-worn gar ment.”

In 1886, Goldman breathlessly followed newspaper accounts of the Haymarket trial in Chicago where eight men were accused

of conspiracy to murder. She said that when the men were unjustly convicted and later hanged, it was her political awakening. She dedicated the rest of her life to the martyrs’ cause, anarchy, which she defined as “…the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the hu-

ship, believing in free-love, and Emma went on to have several relationships with both men and women.

In 1891, she helped plan New York City’s first May Day celebration honoring the Haymarket martyrs In 1892, Berkman (with Goldman’s support) tried to assassinate

man body from the dominion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of gover nment.”

After a brief, unhappy marriage, Goldman moved to New York City in 1889 where she met Alexander Berkman who would become a life-long companion/friend. She began lecturing and organizing for worker’s rights Goldman and Berkman had an open relation-

Henry Frick, the manager at Andrew Carnegie’s Homestead Steel plant, hoping to trigger a workers’ revolt. Berkman failed and was sentenced to 22 years in prison. Goldman continued the fight and during the Economic Panic of 1893, when unemployment surged to over 20%, Goldman told a crowd, “…demonstrate before the palaces of the rich, demand work If they do not give you work, demand

bread. If they deny you both, take bread.” She was then arrested for inciting a riot and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary.

Once released, Goldman went back to public speaking. In 1901, she gave a speech, “The Moder n Phase of Anarchy.” In the crowd was Leon Czolgosz, an impressionable radical, who said that Goldman’s words “set him on fire.” Four months later, he assassinated President McKinley. Emma was blamed and interrogated but eventually released for lack of evidence. She said, “As an anarchist, I am opposed to violence, but if people want to do away with assassins, they must first do away with the conditions which produce murderers.”

Goldman decided to publish a monthly magazine, Mother Earth, devoted to social science and literature in 1906. That same year, Berkman was released from prison, but their romantic relationship suffered from the separation, and they became strictly friends. Ben Reitman, the “Hobo Doctor,” and Goldman began a professional and personal relationship in 1908. They traveled the country on a speaking tour, presenting speeches not only to workers in halls, but to “respectable society” in private homes. The authorities followed them closely wherever they went and in 1916 they were arrested under the Comstock Act for promoting birth control. Goldman was sentenced to 15 days and Reitman to six months Their personal relationship also ended around this time

During WWI, J. Edgar Hoover targeted foreign born individuals and “intellectual perverts.” He particularly focused on Goldman and Berkman. The offices of Mother Earth were raided and Goldman and Berkman were sentenced to 22 months for protesting the draft. Soon after being released in 1919, Goldman’s citizenship was revoked and she was deported with other radicals, including Berkman, under the Sedition Act.

Goldman found her way to Russia but was devastated by what she saw there. She wrote the book, My Disillusionment in Russia which alienated her from her comrades in the U.S. who were hoping that the Russian Revolution would be the path to a better world for workers. She fled Russia and floated around

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Europe without a home country until a Welsh miner offered to marry her so that she could get a British passport. Friends provided her with a cottage in the French Riviera to write her autobiography. She was permitted to retur n to the U.S. for 90 days in 1934 to promote her book (she was forbidden from talking about current politics but got around the restriction by talking about the “history” of politics). Goldman was trailed by the FBI the entire time

Goldman’s hopes of an anarchistic society were briefly realized in Spain in 1936-1939. She was celebrated by a crowd of over 10,000 workers, honoring her as their “spiritual mother.” Unfortunately, the success was short-lived and in 1939 the worker collectives failed Goldman said, “It’s as though you had wanted a child all your life…only to die soon after it was bor n…”

On Feb. 17, 1940, Goldman suffered a stroke while playing cards with friends. The stroke left her unable to talk. A friend said, “No gover nment could stop her from speaking, but a stroke did.” She died that May 14. Goldman is often credited with saying, “If I can’t dance,

I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” She never said those exact words, but in her autobiography, she wrote of a time when a fellow anarchist chided her for dancing at a party with abandon. She replied that she did not think dedication to their cause should “demand the denial of life and joy.” She also said, “I want freedom, the right to self-expression, everybody’s right to beautiful, radiant things. Anarchism meant that to me…”

Goldman requested to be buried near the Haymarket martyrs. Her headstone in Forest Home is very close to the monument. The dates on her headstone are inaccurate, but the words are inspiring: “Liberty will not descend to a people, a people must raise themselves to liberty.”

References: Living My Life, Anarchism and Other Essays, Emma Goldman: Revolution as a Way of Life, PBS: American Experience: Emma Goldman, Jewish Women’s Archive, Women & the American Story: Life Story: Emma Goldman, Emma Goldman: A Thoroughly Modern Anarchist Emma Goldman Interview 1934.

River Forest to build a pocket park quickly and at low cost

Village-owned site adjacent to v illage hall will be called Heritage Square

By ROBERT J. LIFKA Contributing Reporter

River Forest officials are moving forward with a plan to turn a parking lot across from Village Hall into a park called Heritage Square by this summer

The project, budgeted at $100,000, was approved 5-0 by the village board at the May 11 meeting. Katie Brennan did not attend. Costs for equipment rental, construction debris disposal, topsoil, concrete, landscaping, benches, electrical work, a drinking fountain and fencing are estimated at $70,000.

In a memo to officials, Matt Walsh, village administrator, and Jack Bielak, director of public works and engineering, said the name of the park at the cor ner of Park Avenue and Lake Street pays homage to the village motto of “Proud Heritage, Bright Future.”

The village owns two properties at that location, a parking lot at the southeast cor ner of the intersection and a vacant grass lot at 419 Park Previous efforts to market the properties for economic development, along with the privately-owned 7777 Lake Street property that bisects the village properties, have been unsuccessful.

Converting the property into a park was first suggested in July and the concept was incorporated into the village’s Capital Improvement Plan.

“The initial phase of construction is intentionally simple, enabling the space to be opened for public use this summer,” Walsh and Bielak said in the memo “Additional amenities may be considered in future phases based on resident use and feedback.”

Potential improvements include public art installations, flagpoles, play elements and expanded paved areas.

As proposed, public works staff will serve as the general contractor for the project. Staff members will perform certain aspects of the work and other features may be assigned to subcontractors. Walsh said staff members have performed the design work inter nally, saving an estimated $30,000 in professional design costs. The scope of work includes asphalt and concrete removal; top-

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soil installation; and sidewalk construction.

A landscaping company will be engaged to install and maintain both native plantings and or namental plantings onsite. All existing mature trees will remain in place. The concept also includes installation of benches and receptacles for trash and recycling, partially funded by a $7,500 grant from the Illinois Realtors Association. The or namental fencing currently onsite will be retained and extended along Park Avenue

Trustee Erika Bachner suggested incorporating a means to refill water bottles to the drinking fountain, which Walsh supported, adding the possible capability of filling dog bowls. In response to a question from Trustee Lisa Gillis, Bielak said staff members will handle routine maintenance of the grounds but anticipates using an outside contractor for annual landscaping “tuneups.”

Walsh suggested extending power to the site to support future enhancements, such as lighting or audiovisual features, but noted such enhancements are not included in the current plans. The park will close at dusk. A portion of the concrete apron along Park Avenue will be kept to allow for parking of food trucks or service vehicles for potential future events Walsh said staff members are investigating signage options to incorporate a map of River Forest, highlighting historical homes

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sentatives. But Forest Park officials got face time with Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, who lives in Oak Park, to voice their requests.

“We were focused on making sure that he understood where we were with our interests in transit reorganization,” Hoskins said. “We were out there putting transit and transit safety front and center.”

Forest Park’s priorities are likely to be addressed starting June 1, when the North Illinois Transit Authority Act goes into ef fect. In December, Gov. JB Pritzker signed the act into law, creating a new authority to oversee the CTA, Metra and Pace, standardizing fares and services across the three transit entities, and funneling $1.5 billion a year into state transit services and infrastructure without raising state taxes. NITA aims to improve coordination between Metra and Pace to provide more frequent and reliable service, plus improve public safety by allowing the Cook County Sherif f to organize a task force with a long-term plan to address violent crime on public transit.

NITA has several bills nested within it, one of which Senator Kimberly Lightford filed that would appropriate $250,000 for an ambulance and emergency medical services personnel at the Forest Park Blue Line ter minus.

NITA provisions will also reimburse Forest Park for costs associated with emergency response services at the CTA Blue Line station at 711 Des Plaines Ave.

“I think for the first time, I was able to say face-to-face, ‘Mr. President, a full 20% of our calls are to 711 Des Plaines, so the provision [in NITA] that will require CTA to reimburse the village is really important to us,’” Hoskins said of Forest Park officials’ conversation with Har mon.

Hoskins previously told the Review that the Forest Park Fire Department spends nearly $1 million a year responding to 711 Des Plaines Ave. In January, the village will report its 2026 emergency response costs for the Blue Line ter minus and will be reimbursed by February.

“It was a privilege to travel to Springfield with the Mayor, Commissioner Voogd, and Administrator Entler to support our outstanding fire and EMS staf f and reinforce to our state le gislators that we, as a community, are shouldering the burden of the Chicago transit system,” Melin-Rogovin told the Review.

Though Hoskins said he and other local officials are still learning about NITA, the Forest Park Fire Department is meeting with fire departments in Oak Park, River Forest and Rosemont — which are also expected to be reimbursed by NITA — and working with an ambulance billing company to adopt a uniform billing metric across all four municipalities. Hypothetically, each village could adopt an ordinance and sign an agreement with CTA that would reimburse them for emerg ency response funds to CTA property

“I don’t know how it will actually be implemented. That’s why we wanted to learn more about how NITA is being for med and what’s happening right now,” Hoskins said.

While in Springfield, Hoskins also spoke with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241, which represents train drivers and was having a state conference at the same hotel Forest Park officials were staying at. Hoskins said ATU Local 241 was at the table with

Forest Park when Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County board president, first engaged them about local transit changes last year “Safety for the drivers and safety for the riders kind of coincides,” Hoskins said.

The NITA reorganization states that the Cook County Sherif f’s Office will coordinate a new safety plan for the CTA — all the more important after the CTA abruptly terminated its contract last month with Monter rey Security, which supplied 250 fulltime, unarmed guards to survey CTA property

“The idea is to have more Chicago police on the trains,” Hoskins said of the beginning of a new safety plan. “ATU suggested that they open up the opportunity to suburban law enforcement as well as CPD, so there would be more sworn officers on the trains, but at the expense of the CTA.”

Hoskins told Preckwinkle’s team in Springfield that Forest Park would want to be included in a public safety task force.

“We also continue to lobby for improving safety and services provided by the CTA and Northern Illinois Transit Authority, which will help reduce the call volume and intense demand on first responders,” Voogd told the Review.

Other lobbying requests

Voogd said another long-time ask from Forest Park officials is reinstating the Local Gover nment Distributive Fund to 10%. In 2011, the amount of local income tax collections that municipalities received was reduced from 10% to 6% — a crucial 4% difference for small, non-home rule municipalities like Forest Park, Voogd said.

Though Pritzker wants to keep the fund flat for the upcoming fiscal year, “Many representatives we heard from in Springfield said they oppose this, promising to keep the current rate intact,” Voogd said. “I believe this is a direct result of the work of local elected officials, representatives and advocates like the IML, who continue to show up in Springfield every year.”

Melin-Rogovin said local officials look to increase the Local Gover nment Distributive Fund every time they visit Springfield. This year, proposed legislation would fully finance the fund, which Melin-Rogovin said would be incredibly helpful for Forest Park to see up to a 3% increase in local revenues.

“There’s more horse-trading to be done in the next two weeks in Springfield, and I doubt we’ ll see the full amount, but it’s not going down,” Melin-Rogovin said. “As property tax legislation and calculations are changing for various reasons at the state and county level, and the state identifies policies without funding sour ces for local municipalities, this is an area we work to increase.”

Also at this year’s IML Lobby Day, Senators spoke to all Illinois municipalities opposing Pritzker’s Building Up Illinois Developments housing plan, which would supersede local zoning to allow multi-unit housing on most residential lots, le galize accessory dwelling units, and accelerate permit reviews and inspections for housing

The Illinois Municipal League is against Pritzker’s BUILD plan, saying that it undermines local gover nments and is a one-size-fitsall approach. The first week of May, the group helped file legislation with provisions to BUILD that include an incentive fund for multi-unit dwellings, limit up-front rental costs and cap realtor’s commissions at 3% of a unit’s sale price.

“The gover nor’s BUILD proposal is going to take up the rest of the session, along with NITA and getting the budget passed,” Melin-Rogovin said of the Senate session that runs through May 31. “The veto session is going to be interesting.”

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GAY CHASE

Residency questions

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on the board during the April 2025 election.

In a podcast episode published on YouTube on April 13, the podcast hosts alle ged documents found show a “clear trail” that Chase had relocated to Land O Lakes, F lorida.

The issue? Under Illinois Township Code 60 ILCS 1/55-5, township trustees must reside within the township and be qualified electors of the township. If Chase’s primary residence was now in Florida -- approximately 993 miles away from the township she serves -- she would have to give up her seat on the board.

This “paper trail” included a cross reference of Chase’s voter re gistration information from the Illinois State Board of Elections, which showed her physical address as 1136 Park Place in Bellwood, with Cook County property records.

According to those records, Chase’s Park Place home was sold on March 9, 2026 and her other property, 137 Marshall Ave. was sold in 2025.

Alle gedly, Chase purchased a “brand new construction home” in April 2025 on Runaway Bree ze Drive in Land O Lakes, Florida.

“All your mail and your favorite armchair are sitting on a beach house on the Gulf of Mexico,” said the podcast host. “Can you effectively steer a ship you aren’t living on?”

While owning properties in different territories or states is not against the law and would not immediately disqualify someone from holding a trustee seat in Proviso Township, Chase’s Land O Lake’s property has been classified “owner occupied,” meaning she resides there.

Alle gedly, according to the Pasco County Property Appraiser, the property also shows a $50,000 Homestead Exemption -- a legal provision that reduces the taxable value of a homeowner’s primary residence.

According to Pasco County Property Appraisers, in order to qualify for that exemption one must be a permanent resident of F lorida and have a valid Florida driver’s license and Florida voter re gistration card. The same documents are required to

A screenshot of the Flor ida Department of St ate website, show ing Chase as an “active” voter in the state of Flor ida.

prove eligibility to serve as a trustee for Proviso Township.

Documents provided by CFA to Forest Park Review, and then verified, showed Chase is an “active” voter in the state of Florida. Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon’s Election Department Voter Re gistration rolls also show Chase as an active Cook County voter.

Chase’s physical absences from Township board meetings have also fueled speculation.

cluding the following:

• May 1, 2025 Board Meeting: Chase attended via audio conference

• Meeting: Chase attended remotely

• August 19, 2025 Board Meeting: Chase was absent

• February 2, 2026 Board Meeting: Chase was absent

• March 2, 2026 Board Meeting: Chase was remote

David Ocampo, a Proviso High School Township school board member, filed a FOIA with Proviso Township for an offi-

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A screenshot of Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon’s Election Department Voter Registration’s website, show ing Chase as an “active” voter in Illinois.

According to CFA and Proviso Township Meeting minutes, Chase has physically been absent for at least five meetings in-

cial response on Chase’s residency. “No one is above the law,” Ocampo told Forest Park Review. “No one can skirt

around the law. … She makes decisions on our taxes for payments and projects but technically speaking she doesn’t reside here so it doesn’t pertain to her. Why hold on to something that you’ re no longer a part of the community? Relinquish your role.”

In the FOIA, obtained by Forest Park Review, Ocampo requested all township meeting records from Jan. 1, 2025 to the present that reference Chase. He also asked for all correspondence re garding Chase and her residency, voter re gistration or qualification to serve on the board.

According to the FOIA response, Ocampo’s request was both granted in part and denied in part, with “private information,” which included private information such as home addresses and personal license plates, exempt from disclosure. Additionally, the FOIA response also stated that “personal information” requested would “constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,” and was also redacted.

The FOIA response did include a portion stating: “Also, in response to your additional request for information re garding the residency of Trustee Gay F. Chase, the Township’s attorney has verified that Ms. Chase remains qualified to hold the office of Township Trustee.”

Township Attorney Michael Durkin was not able to be reached for comment.

The Review has not been able to contact Chase.

However, a basement apar tment might be what is keeping Chase eligible to serve Proviso.

According to a residential lease ag reement, submitted to the State of Illinois, Chase is a tenant of a basement apar tment in Bellwood.

In documents provided to Forest Park Review, CFA said, “A lease can be evidence of residency, but it is not conclusive if other facts show the Florida address (still appearing in public records) is her actual primary home,” said a podcast cost. “The township now has a lease on file, so their attorney is treating it as sufficient. Remote attendance or sporadic presence does not substitute for actual residency.”

“I know she has strong local ties to influential members and I’m not going to speculate but people know the situation, it’s time to do the right thing,” Ocampo said. “Relinquish the seat and have someone local in that role.”

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Mélange restaurant be g an service on March 18 on Restaurant Row in Elmwood Park, 7426 W. Nor th Ave. Featuring small plates, cocktails and wines this new venture, where Café Cubano used to be, is designed for coming together, with friends or a special someone, at lunch, after work or dinner

Managing owner Manli Cao has worked on Restaurant Row and owned other restaurants, but she sees this as a chance to bring a unique experience to the area.

“We wanted to introduce a concept that pushed things a little fur ther in ter ms of quality and creativity,” Cao said. “Mélange is about of fering something that you can’t easily find nearby, while still fitting into a

neighborhood and becoming par t of it.”

The name, which is French for “mixture,” is a nod to the combination of Cao and the two other owners, John Adreani and Henry Via. They have Italian heritage and Cao’s is Chinese.

When you walk in the door the room feels both upscale and comfortable. Flowers grace the tables Candles glow But screens also give you a chance to keep up with sports, if you want to sit facing that way.

“It’s a combination of both elevated small plates, crafted cocktail, wine and atmosphere that feels both chill and welcoming,” Cao said. “We focus on the fl avor,

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presentation, music, lighting, and service, so the experience feels intentionally from star t to finish. It’s the place where you can come for drink, dinner, or both.”

Ten small plate dishes make up the food menu. A couple of them to gether make a meal.

Beef filet sliders kick up a few notches beyond other ground beef versions Spicy garlic escargot is a new take on a dish that

sometimes gets rele gated to a shor thand for ele g ance but is making a statement here about the combination of flavors that the restaurant’s name promises.

Blistered shishito pe ppers are an unusual dip and eat option. The mild pe ppers are great to share.

Cocktail and wine menus dance in ste p with the food options Two to note are the carajillo espresso mar tini elevates with licor 43, espresso and vodka and the tinto de Verano combines lemon lime soda with dry red wine.

No matter what you order, the owners want customers to enjoy themselves. Dress up or come as you are, all are welcome.

“The goal is that everyone feels taken care of,” Cao said. “When guests walked in, they should feel the energ y right away By the time they leave, they’ve had great food, great drink, and smooth experience whether it was a quick night out or a full dinner. It should feel memorable without being over complicated.”

Live it up a little:

Website: melange-e p.com

Address: 7426 W. Nor th Ave., Elmwood Park

Hours: Sunday – Wednesday Noon to10 p.m.

Thursday – Saturday Noon to Midnight

Good food, great drinks—no over thinking required.

Bold avors, fresh plates, and drinks that hit just right. Whether you’re here for a quick bite or settling in for the night, we’ve got you covered.

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Cops help catch man wanted for battery to Chicago police oﬃcer

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

As the Summit Police Department was pursuing a car for aggravated battery to a police officer in Chicago just before 2 a.m. on May 6, they requested additional units for backup. Forest Park police followed the offending car west on I-290 with help from Summit police and a Chicago police helicopter. Oak Brook police put spike strips on the road at Mannheim and the expressway, where the car popped its back tires and came to a stop Police from Forest Park, Summit, Oak Brook, Chicago and the State Police surrounded the car and demanded its occupants get out several times, but they didn’t. Police broke the driver’s side window, and the passenger got out of the car. Police removed the driver from the car, who was taken into custody by Summit police

Possession of controlled substance

While performing a premise check at the CTA Blue Line terminus on May 4, police saw a man standing in the alcove area of the train as everyone else exited. Police asked the man if he had narcotics on him, and he said no and agreed to allow police to search him. Police found a glass pipe and suspect heroin on the man. He was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and obstructing identification, as he originally gave a false name to police.

While on patrol May 4, police saw a car in

the 7600 block of Roosevelt with an expired registration. Police pulled over the driver and reported that the car smelled of cannabis, and the driver confirmed there was some in the car. Police searched the vehicle and found over 12 grams of cannabis and two bags of suspect cocaine near the center console. The man was charged with an expired registration, possessing cannabis in a car outside an approved container, and possession of controlled substance.

During a premise check of the CTA Blue Line on May 5, police saw a woman holding a glass pipe on the train. When asked if she had narcotics on her, she said she had some dope, and police found multiple bags of suspect heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine on her, as well as multiple syringes. She was taken into custody and given a court date before being released from the police department. She was charged with two counts of possessing a controlled substance and one count of possessing drug parapher nalia.

Battery

Police responded to the CTA Blue Line terminus May 4 around 2:30 a.m. to remove someone from the property. There, a man was laying on the sidewalk outside the station, who told police K9 security broke his jaw. K9 staff denied the allegations and told police that the man was on a train that needed to be emptied but refused to exit several times. Staff said the man threw a Divvy bike toward them on the train and tried to punch them. Forest Park EMS arrived and took the man, who was com-

plaining of leg pain, to Rush Oak Park Hospital. The man was charged with battery.

Warrants

Police were dispatched to Circle and Jackson on May 5 around 4:30 p.m. for a fight in progress. Police detained a woman at the scene, who said she was in a garage in the 600 block of Hannah when another woman approached and punched her in a confrontation over a man. The woman was taken into custody for a warrant out of Cook County, which she was charged, along with a citation for fighting. The other woman said she was walking home when she saw the woman in her garage and had a verbal dispute with her. Police said the woman had a bloody lip, cuts and scrapes on her body, but didn’t admit to physically fighting the woman. She was given a local ordinance citation for fights and disturbances

While on patrol May 6, police saw a car parked in the 7700 block of Roosevelt, and its owner was revealed to have no valid Illinois driver’s license and a warrant out of Cook County. When police approached the vehicle, the driver got out and gave police her license, which confirmed her serviceable warrant. The woman was detained and put in the squad car but started screaming for her three kids in her car. A male passenger got out of the car, and police reported that two unknown women came to the scene, claiming to be his sisters. When police asked the man to sit in the front of the squad car after he gave them a fake name, he took off

running. Police found him in an alley in the 1100 block of Troost and took him into custody. He was charged with three counts of resisting officers and one count of obstructing identification. The woman was charged with her in-state warrant and not having a driver’s license. Someone was called to take custody of her three children, and police said a DCFS report would be completed

These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated May 4 -7 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.

the governor signs it,” Welch said. Welch also educated the students about House Bill 5024, a bill he sponsored that would restrict where federal immigration detention facilities can be placed. The bill would ban any centers from being operated within 1,500 feet of a home or apar tment complex, as well as any school, daycare center, public park, or house of worship.

“There are some places that should really always be safe spaces,” Welch said. That bill was inspired by the controversy over the ICE detention center in nearby Broadview. That site was a center of active protests, arrests and detentions last fall. It remains in operation.

In addition to discussing his career, Welch encouraged students to become active leaders in their own school and community. He urged them to advocate for causes that they care about by attending school board or park district meetings and getting involved in student council and community service.

“Today, I had the privilege of visiting middle schools throughout the 7th District, meeting with both students and educators,” Welch said. “These conversations are incredibly important to me because ensuring the success of our children and strengthening our schools is a responsibility I take to heart.”

Terriyaka Watson, principal of Forest Park Middle School, said Welch’s visit was a great opportunity for the eighthgrade students.

“He went to Proviso West, and that helps them know that what they want to do is limitless,” Watson said.

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The Living Room oﬀers ‘natural connectiveness’ for those with mental health challenges

Free service provides acceptance and empathy with listening focu s

By GREGG VOSS Contributing Reporter

Like most of us, Marty has seen challenges in his life, some that were tough to overcome Things like that can weigh on a person, so much so that it can feel near impossible to attack head on.

That was Marty, and to a de gree still is, but these days, he’s got support and a safe place, which can make all the difference.

“Losing my job was traumatic even though it was five years ago,” he said, adding he also dealt with the loss of a loved one before that. “I think it was an accumulation of things where it wasn’t something I was aware of on a daily basis. It maybe just crept up.

“I didn’t really have anyone or resources to tur n to.’

This day, Marty sits in a comfortable chair in a closed-door room at The Living Room in Oak Park, 816 Harrison St., which opened April 8 and is a free service operated by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Metro Suburban branch.

Dressed in a St. Louis Cardinals cap –though he chuckles when he says he’s a diehard Los Angeles Dodgers fan – Marty is in a good mood, because he’s confident that the Living Room in Oak Park has been a gamechanger for him.

“I was aware of La Grange and Summit having locations, and the living room concept was very appealing to me,” he said. “I live in Berwyn, three minutes from here, and just growing up in Oak Park, when I heard The Living Room was going to open, I was very excited for the opportunity.”

Open from noon to 8 p.m. daily, The Living Room in Oak Park is a welcoming space – clean, quiet, with meeting rooms offset right upon entry, in all honesty, similar to a

living room. When arriving, you’ll likely run into Beck Beishen, a coordinator and trained specialist. He’s a soft-spoken guy who works with guests like Marty to help them by talking out life’s knotty problems that might be exacerbated by anxiety, ADHD, panic attacks and other issues

But Beishen isn’t only a trained specialist. He’s been in Marty’s shoes and those of the 35 separate individuals that have visited the location since April 8 – already a third of the total anticipated in its first year

“It started in high school when my symptoms became more severe,” he said. “It was ADHD combined with anxiety. It went undiagnosed for a long time. After high school, things just kind of went down quickly, where I started to cope with the symptoms with what I was feeling at that time with substances and alcohol.”

That went on for 10 years, and by his mid20s, he realized he was headed in the wrong direction. He entered a 30-day program that provided the tools to handle his challenges. What’s more, he realized he could take his mess and make it his message.

He decided he wanted to pursue a career in social services, and Friday he graduated with his master’s degree in social work from UIC. He’s planning to pursue a doctorate.

But the point is that there is common ground for Beishen and guests like Marty who come with a wide variety of struggles

“Plenty of resources in terms of good advice, and I find that knowing that the staff has their own history with mental health and recovery, there’s been a relatability,” said Marty.

“There is just a natural connectiveness.”

The process of getting started at The Living Room is seamless Walking in there is a short intake process that is compliant with HIPAA to ensure confidentiality

“After that, we just sit down and talk to the guests,” Beishen said. “Why are they here? What are their goals? For each guest it’s different, and it’s about meeting the guests where they are at and then trying to help build that into a strength.”

Shelly Lustrup is the chief executive officer of NAMI Metro Suburban, and she said The Living Room in Oak Park – which is adjacent to The Drop-in Center at 814 Harrison St. – offers multiple recovery tools to help guests, which sets it apart from other living room-style models.

“It’s a community-based program that can be for both prevention and intervention,” she said, adding that “going to the hospital or the ER, where we know it’s usually not the best fit, oftentimes it’s overstimulating, it’s loud, long wait times

“Instead, you can come to a living room and the team can work to help de-escalate, make any kind of safety planning.”

But consider that The Living Room team can facilitate a hospitalization if it feels that’s what’s needed.

In its short existence, there are many success stories, including Marty’s, and there will be many more, he’s convinced.

“I think immediate acceptance and nonjudgment, and a true engaged empathy for listening to your situation and offering different resources to help you,” he said. “Quite frankly, it’s free, it’s accessible. I came here the first time and I’m like, why not give it a chance?”

For more information about The Living Room in Oak Park, visit https://namimetsub.org/

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Beck Beishen, a coordinator and trained spec ialist at e Living Room in Oak Park, makes a point during a recent session.

Irecently made what may be the most 2026 decision imaginable: I asked ChatGPT to impersonate me so I could determine whether it understands my personality better than most people I have worked with professionally.

This is either jour nalism or a cry for help. The distinction grows blurrier every year. The idea was simple. I would interview “AI Me” and compare its answers to the ones forming in my own head. Like a Turing test, except the machine’s goal was not to convince me it was human. Its goal was to convince me it was specifically me, which is a much stranger assignment. Plenty of humans have failed it

I began gently.

ME: Why are you so opinionated about suits?

AI ME: Because American men have spent 30 years dressing like assistant managers at an enterprise software reseller and calling it “fit.”

Annoyingly close.

ME: Why do you like those old, slightly shabby, Florida beach towns so much?

OPINION A conversation with the AI mirror

who you still describe with the emotional subtlety of a Sicilia blood feud

This was less amusing

ME: What is your problem with email?

AI ME: Email successfull transformed every human re lationship into an infinitely re newable task list.

I stared at the screen for a moment.

The disturbing thing about talking to an AI trained partly on your own conversational habits is not that it becomes intelligent. It is that it becomes familiar Like running into a bartender who remembers your order, your divorce, and your recurring complaints about airport carpeting.

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The machine had also clearly identified my central emotional contradiction, which is that I claim to hate modern technology while spending most of my day enthusiastically using it to avoid interacting with systems built by other moder n technologies (And to make

I decided to push further

What are you actually afraid

ME: Becoming administrativeindistinguishable from everyone

w this is the kind of answer makes you briefly consider throwing your laptop into Lake Michigan.

Because I knew exactly what it meant.

Most people fear death. Some fear failure. I apparently fear becoming a man who says things like “just bubbling this up” and voluntarily attends webinars about synergy Somewhere along the line, my deepest anxiety became the possibility of tur ning into a regional vice president of process optimization.

The AI had noticed another pattern too.

AI ME: You romanticize competence constantly.

ME: I do not.

AI ME: You absolutely do Half your stories

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Project managers with thousand-yard stares

Airline gate agents capable of controlling a riot with a headset and a raised eyebrow. My favorite people all have the energy of veterans of small forgotten wars.

Then the machine turned mean.

ME: What is your most repetitive topic?

AI ME: You believe moder n life produces too much communication and not enough conversation.

ME: That’s not repetitive.

AI ME: You have written this column approximately 47 times in different hats Cruel. And accurate.

And yet the oddest part of the experience was not the accuracy. It was the slight inaccuracy. The AI sounded like me, but like a version of me with the pauses removed. Too clean. Too efficient. Like someone had sanded down all the dig ressions where actual personality lives.

Which, I suspect, may be the whole lesson.

The machine can lear n your rhythms, your fixations, your aesthetics, your resentments, your recurring jokes. It can approximate

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A L OOK BA CK IN TIME

News from Harlem, May 1897

The Harlem Post was a local weekly newspaper printed in Ger man for the local Ger man population. Its first edition was published on Se pt. 12, 1895.

The paper’s May 13, 1897 edition included the following news:

•Harlem do g taxes are due now.

•The Methodists in Franklin Park are planning to build a new church.

•The wife of Johann Wolf, residing on Hannah Street, who had been sick for some time, is now star ting to recover.

In the same edition, a house is advertised for sale: House and Lot, 53 ft. front, in Harlem. All new improvements. Hot and cold water. Price: $2,400. A down payment of $1,000 is required. Fur ther information available from Frank Lehman, Harlem.

And an ad from Philipps General Passage and Travel Agency at Sher man House, 62 S. Clark St. in Chicago, promises low cost ship tickets to and from Europe

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PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

MAYWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Lump sum sealed bids will be received by the Board of Library Trustees of the Maywood Public Library District for Tuckpointing and Lintel Replacement of the Carnegie Building at the Maywood Public Library District, 121 S. 5th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153. Sealed bids will be received on or before, but not after 2:00 PM on Tuesday, June 9th, 2026 at the Maywood Public Library District, 121 S. 5th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153. Bids received after that time will not be considered. All Bids shall be addressed and delivered to the circulation desk immediately inside the entrance to the building on or before the time set forth above. Sealed envelopes or packages containing the Bid Forms shall be transmitted to the attention of the “Library Director” and shall be marked or endorsed with the title of the Bid (“Sealed Bid for Maywood Public Library District Carnegie Building Tuckpointing and Lintel Replacement Project”) and the Bidder’s full legal name. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the Board Room (up the stairs and to the left as you enter the building) at 2:00 PM on Tuesday June 9th, 2026. Bids shall be submitted in the form and manner contained in the Bidding Requirements.

Contractors may obtain copies of the bidding documents from the BHFX Online Plan Room beginning May 19th, 2026. Please contact BHFX at (847) 593-3161 to obtain a set of Bidding Documents or visit their Plan Room online at www.bhfxplanroom.com. Bidding documents may be downloaded from the BHFX online Plan Room at no charge to bidders. Bidders shall be responsible for the costs of reproduction of printed copies. Bidding documents will not be distributed to other online plan rooms or lead generation services.

A pre-bid meeting will be held on May 27th, 2026 at 11:00 AM at the project site. Please meet in the Board Room (up the stairs and to the left as you enter the building). This will be the only opportunity for bidders to view conditions inside the building where the work is taking place. Attendance is strongly recommended for all bidders.

No bid will be considered unless the bidder shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the Board of Trustees that the bidder has the necessary facilities, abilities, experience, equipment, financial and physical resources available to fulfill the conditions of the Contract and execute the work, should the Contract be awarded such bidder.

Bidders will examine the plans and specifications and the location in which said work is to be done and judge for themselves all the circumstances and surrounding known and reasonably foreseen conditions affecting the cost and

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nature of the work, and all bids will be presumed to be based on such examination, familiarity and judgment.

Questions about the bid documents should be submitted, in writing, to Kyle Cunningham, Williams Architects at kacunningham@williamsarchitects.com. Responses to questions submitted by bidders during the bidding period shall be in the form of written addendum to all plan holders of record. Questions will not be accepted after June 3rd, 2026.

The successful bidder shall be required to provide a Performance Bond and a Material and Labor Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the Contract Amount, as well as liability and property insurance as required by the Bidding Requirements before commencing work. The successful bidder shall enter into a formal contract based on the conditions and requirements in the Bidding Requirements and the Bidding Requirements will be incorporated into the Contract.

Not less than the prevailing wage shall be paid for labor on the work to be done as required by law. The Maywood Public Library District is tax exempt.

The successful bidder will be required to comply with the provisions of all State of Illinois and federal laws concerning public works projects as well as the State of Illinois Human Rights Act and the regulations of the Illinois Human Rights Commission.

The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to waive any technicalities and irregularities in the bidding and to hold the bid proposals for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of opening set forth above.

Published in Forest Park Review May 13, 2026

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FIGURE LENDING LLC Plaintiff, -v.-

MELISSA COLEMAN A/K/A MELISSA Y COLEMAN A/K/A MELISSA Y WHEATLEY, TRACY COLEMAN, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LUCILLE COLEMAN, LUCILLE COLEMAN, LAW TITLE INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD

Defendants

2024CH03113

645 SOUTH 20TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on Novem-

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ber 18, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 8, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 645 SOUTH 20TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

Property Index No. 15-10-321018-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820, Chicago, IL, 60606. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC

333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820

Chicago IL, 60606

312-346-9088

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com

Attorney File No. 2314770IL_906039

Attorney Code. 61256

Case Number: 2024CH03113

TJSC#: 45-3070

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2024CH03113

I3285073

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR ONITY LOAN ACQUISITION TRUST 2025-HB1 Plaintiff, -v.-

LAVARA O. KEY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS AGENCY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Defendants 2025 CH 00232 1407 S 16TH AVE MAYWOOD, IL 60153

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 27, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 1, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1407 S 16TH AVE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

Property Index No. 15-15-219004-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $207,007.06.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date

of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact CHAD LEWIS, ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325, ROSEMONT, IL, 60018 (561) 241-6901. Please refer to file number 24241318.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CHAD LEWIS ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325 ROSEMONT IL, 60018 561-241-6901

E-Mail: ILMAIL@RASLG.COM

Attorney File No. 24-241318

Attorney ARDC No. 6306439

Attorney Code. 65582

Case Number: 2025 CH 00232

TJSC#: 46-515

Case # 2025 CH 00232 I3285873

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION EF MORTGAGE LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS.

ESTATE FOR SALE

ONE TIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR LLC; JANNY R. CORNEJO, DEFENDANTS.

CASE NO.: 2025CH08883

337 S 25TH AVE

BELLWOOD, IL 60104

CALENDAR: 60

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 9, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 27, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

Commonly known as 337 S. 25TH AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104

Property Index No. 15-10-121-0190000

The real estate is improved with a single-family residence.

The judgment amount was $116,021.26.

Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 100% of the bid amount shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. The certified check must be made payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

For information, contact Johnny Dale Frevert, Jr., KELLEY KRONENBERG, P.A. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 20 N CLARK STREET SUITE 1150, CHICAGO, IL, 60602 (312) 216-8828. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7-day status report of pending sales.

Johnny Dale Frevert, Jr. KELLEY KRONENBERG, P.A. 20 N CLARK STREET SUITE 1150 CHICAGO IL, 60602

312-216-8828

E-Mail: jfrevert@kelleykronenberg. com

Attorney ARDC No. 6305960 Attorney Code. 49848 Case Number: 2025 CH 08883 TJSC#: 46-873 I3285999

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

VILLAGE CAPITAL & INVESTMENT LLC

Plaintiff, -v.AMELIA WOHRLE

Defendants 2025 CH 10907 628 S. 15TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 24, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 1, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 628 S. 15TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-10-421016-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $304,154.24.

Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

For information, contact JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 3650, Chicago, IL, 60602 (312) 5419710. Please refer to file number 25 1664.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC

30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 3650 Chicago IL, 60602

312-541-9710

E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com

Attorney File No. 25 1664

Attorney Code. 40342

Case Number: 2025 CH 10907

TJSC#: 46-755

Case # 2025 CH 10907 I3285874

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

U S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR SASCO MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005WF3 Plaintiff, -v.RAMONA ANDERSON Defendants 2025 CH 10637 1015 SOUTH 15TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 9, 2026, an agent for The Judicial

Sales Corporation, will at 10:30

AM on June 8, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1015 SOUTH 15TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

Property Index No. 15-15-202020-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $128,658.80.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18 5(g-1).

For information, contact CHAD LEWIS, ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325, ROSEMONT, IL, 60018 (561) 241-6901. Please refer to file number 25-361129. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CHAD LEWIS

ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ

SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC

6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325 ROSEMONT IL, 60018

561-241-6901

E-Mail: ILMAIL@RASLG.COM

Attorney File No. 25-361129

Attorney ARDC No. 6306439

Attorney Code. 65582

Case Number: 2025 CH 10637 TJSC#: 46-361

Case # 2025 CH 10637 I3286173

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST, Plaintiff, -v.-

LORETTA FAVELA, F/K/A LORETTA ALMAGUER; FERNANDO FAVELA; ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; Defendants.

2024CH04801

330 Maple Ln, Hillside, IL 60162

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 3/3/2026, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 6/8/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on June 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate.

Commonly known as 330 Maple Ln, Hillside, IL 60162

Property Index No. 15-17-109019-0000

The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The judgment amount was $196,795.77

Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 330 Maple Ln into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www. auction.com prior to placing a bid.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium

unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: Diaz Anselmo & Associates, LLC (630) 453-6960 please refer to file number 1496-202843. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 1496-202843 Case Number: 2024CH04801 NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

I3286928

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR THE J.P. MORGAN ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2005S1, HOLDERS OF MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES Plaintiff vs. SOLOMON WILLIAMS, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST 2006-HE1 Defendant 25 CH 10416 CALENDAR 62 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on June 22, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-15-327-072-0000. Commonly known as 2111 S. 22ND AVE., BROADVIEW, IL 60155. The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are

admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Suite 201, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 2501264

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3287041

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff vs. ELYSIA INES MENDEZ; JOSE PALOMINO; STATE OF ILLINOIS, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; GOODLEAP, LLC; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendant 25 CH 11133 CALENDAR NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on June 17, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-15-117-005-0000. Commonly known as 1415 S. 19th Ave., Maywood, IL 60153. The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a common interest community unit, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Halliday, Watkins and Mann, P.C., 376 East 400 South, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. (801) 3552886. IL21225 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3286640